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Mountain on Mars may answer big question
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 04, 2009 |
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The Martian volcano Olympus Mons is about three times the height of Mount Everest, but it's the small details that Rice University professors Patrick McGovern and Julia Morgan are looking at in thinking about ...
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Invisible Waves Shape Continental Slope, Researcher Says
Jun 30, 2008 |
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A class of powerful, invisible waves hidden beneath the surface of the ocean can shape the underwater edges of continents and contribute to ocean mixing and climate, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have ...
Scorpion biodiversity
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Scorpions possess resistance to high temperatures and the ability to conserve water for long periods of time, and as a result thrive in hot and arid parts of the world. But is this global distribution also seen at a more ...
Scientists discover new life in the Antarctic deep sea
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May 16, 2007 |
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Scientists have found hundreds of new marine creatures in the vast, dark deep-sea surrounding Antarctica. Carnivorous sponges, free-swimming worms, crustaceans, and molluscs living in the Weddell Sea provide ...
Geologists monitor landslide in Washington state for further movement
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 01, 2009 |
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It's hard to picture a bigger landslide than the one that buried a quarter-mile of Highway 410 in Yakima County, Wash., in mid-October.
Did the North Atlantic fisheries collapse due to fisheries-induced evolution?
May 27, 2009 |
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The Atlantic cod has, for many centuries, sustained major fisheries on both sides of the Atlantic. However, the North American fisheries have now largely collapsed. A new paper in the open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ON ...
Ancient volcano may have caused mass extinction
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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A previously unknown giant volcanic eruption that led to global mass extinction 260million years ago has been uncovered by scientists at the University of Leeds.
Lagoon size can be predicted
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The size of Santa Barbara area lagoons can be predicted, according to a new study by UC Santa Barbara scientists, who say that their research could help protect the endangered steelhead trout.
Scientists help uncover new oilfields
Jan 06, 2006 |
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University of Liverpool scientists are working to understand the nature of oil and gas reservoirs within deeply buried submarine channels.
Swimming robot makes waves
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Bath have used nature for inspiration in designing a new type of swimming robot which could bring a breakthrough in submersible technology.
International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Scientists from the Marine Biogeochemistry and Geology and Geophysics sections of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) organized and led a team of university and government scientists on an Arctic expedition ...
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